Blasting around a bright yellow inflatable marker off Sardinia's rugged northeast coast in an 88-foot yacht named Tiketitan, Luca Bassani ordered his crew to set the boat's spinnaker.

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And it almost paid off within seconds as Riordan turned his marker and sent a right-foot shot inches wide of the post.

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